Lumley

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A hamlet near Hermitage, Southbourne parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU7506). countable, uncountable

Etymology

Habitational surname from the villages of Great Lumley and Lumley Thicks, in County Durham, from Old English lumm (“pool”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

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